First Springfield Mass and now this, I can't think of any clear sign from God. One by one he is tearing down old strip clubs and providing their owners with insurance money to build anew. God wants us to celebrate his creation and build new houses to its glory.

cgraves67:That happened to my favorite strip club. Unfortunately, the fire drew too much attention to the fact that they were doing things that might have been a little illegal, so it wasn't rebuilt.

I remember something happening to a club here 10+ years back. IIRC, there were stories going around that the place/owners were being scrutinized for shady dealing at the club and the fire just happened to come a "convenient" time. You could be talking about the same club, for all I know.

Sad to lose the Mouse's Ear, fondly remembered as the "Gray ballet"...

It was a nice establishment, where you could bring in your own liquor and purchase $5 dixie cups of sodas to mix.

Two CSBs:

My brother is known by many of the ladies in town due to his time spent as a DJ and owner of clubs in the area, dancers included (they would head out to the night clubs after their shifts). Years ago, he met his future wife-to-be, and quit surrounding himself with the many hot ladies he used to have around. He would occasionally kick them down to me, fortunately. It was a good time had by all...;) When my sister's husband-to-be had his bachelor party, my brother couldn't attend, as it was out of town. When we got back in town, my brother wanted his good buddy, my bro-in-law to be, to have our 2nd bachelor party at the Mouse's Ear. As soon as we went in the door, the ladies swooned to my brother and had the whole 10-15 ladies in our section talking to him like they were all friends. It was cool, like an old reunion where I was a spectator guest. I whispered to my brother, "I don't know why you don't come out here more often." Then, he replied, "What makes you think I don't..." What a punk!

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I went with a lady-friend one time with a big bottle of Jack. We had a blast! Well, except the girl had a little trouble when "Showtime" occurred: that's when all the full-nude pierced girls all got on the stages and surrounded all of us pumping hips in our faces no matter where you turned. She looked like a scared deer in headlights, and proclaimed in a PTSD tone, "there were vaginas everywhere..." I have to admit, it was a little excessive, and reminded me of the first time I got drunk and went to a sports bar with all of the many TVs showing a bunch of games at the same time; it's a ton of stimuli at once and difficult to process at the same time. When the first "Showtime" was over (there were 3 or 4 of them that night; we were there a long time...we had to finish the bottle), a pregnant lady (had to be 8-9 months) from outta nowhere tapped me on the shoulder and offered a lap-dance. I said I was OK at the time, but she asked every 5-10 minutes. I had my eye on another lady, though. Finally, the other lady was around, and I got my dance, but saw the dejected pregnant one out of the corner of my eye. Ever since then, I've felt guilty about not giving some dollars to the pregnant one; she needed the money more than any of them.

johnnyq:cgraves67: That happened to my favorite strip club. Unfortunately, the fire drew too much attention to the fact that they were doing things that might have been a little illegal, so it wasn't rebuilt.

I remember something happening to a club here 10+ years back. IIRC, there were stories going around that the place/owners were being scrutinized for shady dealing at the club and the fire just happened to come a "convenient" time. You could be talking about the same club, for all I know.

The one I'm writing about was in Illinois. Your profile says you're from Texas, so it's probably not the same one. I'm sure there are many strip clubs which have shady goings-on throughout the country.

Broktun:cgraves67: That happened to my favorite strip club. Unfortunately, the fire drew too much attention to the fact that they were doing things that might have been a little illegal, so it wasn't rebuilt.

Meth lab in the back?

Full nudity and on-stage lesbian sex acts, which violated the morality laws. It was also 18+ and BYOB which led to much underage drinking.

cgraves67:johnnyq: cgraves67: That happened to my favorite strip club. Unfortunately, the fire drew too much attention to the fact that they were doing things that might have been a little illegal, so it wasn't rebuilt.

I remember something happening to a club here 10+ years back. IIRC, there were stories going around that the place/owners were being scrutinized for shady dealing at the club and the fire just happened to come a "convenient" time. You could be talking about the same club, for all I know.

The one I'm writing about was in Illinois. Your profile says you're from Texas, so it's probably not the same one. I'm sure there are many strip clubs which have shady goings-on throughout the country.